Mon.Jul 18, 2016

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Authenticity and Gender

Women on Business

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Work Performance and the Perils of Comparison

N2Growth Blog

Let me take you back in time. You’re in 8th grade. You’ve signed up for your first guitar lesson and the teacher plays Led Zeppelin’s “ Stairway to Heaven.” She offers it up as an example of a great song that you can learn to play. You’re motivated to learn, right? Wrong! She no sooner finishes her sentence about “ you can learn how to play ,” when you hear Jimmy Page rips into his classic solo and you decide then and there that it’s t

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Pounding the Pavement

Lead Change Blog

It is my opinion that there are three types of individuals in this world: those who sacrifice their life for a noble cause or religious vocation, those who seek employment and climb the management ranks, and the entrepreneur. The latter creates opportunities and employs those who seek to climb the management ranks. This post specifically focuses on those who seek to climb the management ranks, whether consciously or whether it just happens.

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Developing influential leadership

Lead on Purpose

How do you effectively motivate others to do their best work? One of the keys to becoming an influential leader is learning the skills—you can practice every day—that will establish your leadership.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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The Best Practices Enterprise: A Guide to Achieving Sustainable World-class Performance

N2Growth Blog

By: Jim Kerr. There are seven best practices that are indispensable in this era of rapid change, increasing customer demands, and intense global competition. These seven best practices address the people, processes, and technology elements of which every enterprise is comprised. Without them firmly in place, an organization will eventually flounder.

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Developing influential leadership

Lead on Purpose

How do you effectively motivate others to do their best work? One of the keys to becoming an influential leader is learning the skills—you can practice every day—that will establish your leadership.

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Stress free ways to ask for a Promotion

Career Advancement

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ~ Jim Rohn. Bob wanted to step up. He felt it was time to earn more money. But how should he ask for a promotion ? What steps would make it most likely he’d get a “Yes”? He knew good managers want to see their employees move up the ladder. So he decided to approach his boss.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Ghostbusters

Joseph Lalonde

F or years, more than 25, there have been rumors of a new Ghostbusters movie. Well, the new Ghostbusters is here. And I was, and am, excited about the new movie. I have fond memories of the original Ghostbusters. The cast was stellar. We had Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson as the team battling ghosts. And, we can’t forget, making us laugh.

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7 Things Drift Taught Me About Commitment

Leadership Freak

I’m reflecting on a young man who doesn’t care much for making commitments. I’ll call him Drift. He’s easygoing, generous, kind, carefree, and transparent. I like him. Drift doesn’t demand much from life.

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Why Do People Act the Way They Do? | DISC Webinar

Chart Your Course

Don’t Miss Thursday’s Web Seminar! July 21. An Introduction to DISC and Behavior Assessments for Greater Success. Individual behavior styles and our emotional intelligence (soft skills) have a direct impact on our interpersonal relationships in the workplace. Individuals differ from each other in fundamental ways including their values, behaviors, talents, temperaments, wants and beliefs.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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More Customers - More Calls

CEO Blog

I always say more companies and people fail from perfection than speed. Of course for some things, like surgery, I want perfection. Lack of perfection can cost time. For example - Danby sells about 2,000,000 appliances per year. If 1% of the customers have problems or questions, that is 20,000 calls or emails. My experience is if those are not resolved perfectly and in a timely manner, many people contact the CEO (That would be me).

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Don't Just Say Something Important Once

leaderCommunicator

It’s crucial to look at your communications as a process of repetition. Too often, leaders think of communication as a “check-off-the-box activity.

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The Path to Thought Leadership

Coaching Tip

In order to be a thought or industry leader, you need to rise to such a level of expertise or excellence that people will seek you out as a recognized authority. The big question is, how do you get there? The answer is that you need to engage in a branding process to legitimately position yourself at that level. Fully understanding this process, including where the greater pitfalls, challenges, and opportunities lie in each phase, is a critical first step in building a solid brand.

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Is That Hot Dog Worth Your Next Promotion?

Anese Cavanaugh

It was 11:00 a.m., on a Tuesday. I jumped on a video call with a client to work on his strategy for taking his career to the next level. He was well qualified for a promotion and very hungry to make it happen. I was ready to roll. He was. exhausted. At 11:00. On a Tuesday morning. As we faced each other on pixels I noticed his energy was low, his face "muted", his voice quieter than usual.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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“That stretched distance between ideal and reality” – Maybe the True Knowing-Doing Gap (Insight from The Seventh Sense)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I am fully into my reading of The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks. In it, the author Joshua Cooper Ramo described struggles that consumed Plato, and the issue of all issues. This brief excerpt from the book captures it: An amateur philosopher might dream of a perfect Syracusan government: literate,… Read More “That stretched distance between ideal and reality” – Maybe the True Knowing-Doing Gap (Insight from The Seventh Sense).

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7 Necessary Steps When You Need to Have a Difficult Conversation

Ron Edmondson

I once Tweeted, “The hardest conversation is often the most needed.”. It was as a result of my counsel to another pastor in a leadership setting. He knew he needed to approach an issue, but he wasn’t sure how to do so. I understand. If it were easy we wouldn’t struggle to do it. I find myself encouraging those type conversations often.

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14 CEOs with their Summer Reading Lists – a Chart (from McKinsey)

First Friday Book Synopsis

McKinsey asked 14 CEOs what they will be reading in coming months. I’ve created a chart to peruse the list. Note: the #1 book for the summer is The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo, named by three different CEOs. No other book was named twice. It is definitely a book worth reading. From the… Read More 14 CEOs with their Summer Reading Lists – a Chart (from McKinsey).

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Don’t Seek Harmony, Seek Conflict!

My Own Coach

Conflict is recognised as an essential part of team work, specifically in helping team members arrive at a commitment to move forward, together as one. The post Don’t Seek Harmony, Seek Conflict! appeared first on My Own Coach Limited.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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It’s the Company’s Job to Help Employees Learn

Harvard Business Review

Vincent Tsui for HBR. When Frederick Taylor published his pioneering principles of scientific management in 1912, the repetitive and mundane nature of most jobs required employees to think as little as possible. Breaking down each task into basic components and standardizing workers’ behaviors to eliminate choice and flexibility could help managers turn employees into productive machines, albeit with alienated spirits.

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The Power of Positive Framing

Kevin Eikenberry

An old Chinese story goes something like this. There was a farmer who tilled his fields with a single horse, until that horse escaped. This would seem to be a very difficult situation, yet when asked about his misfortune, the farmer replies, “bad luck or good luck, who knows?” His son went to […]. The post The Power of Positive Framing appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

Harvard Business Review

A building surrounded by razor wire. A guard tower looming over the perimeter. Weeds and overgrowth flanking the grim exterior. Inside — drab colors, peeling paint, and dead plants decaying in the common areas. Was this a prison? No. This was the headquarters of Campbell Soup Company when one of us, Doug Conant, took the reins as CEO in 2001. Was this a deliberate attempt to imprison employees and stifle their energy?

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Addressing Sales Productivity

Strategy Driven

Salesforce Issues. In the B2B market space all sales leaders face similar issues and these centre on sales productivity. A significant level of revenue and margin is often produced by about 20% of the sales force. The major issues are that sales people spend too much time with customers where there is no intention to purchase. This costs time, money and absorbs sales management time.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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When Old Technologies Create New Industries

Harvard Business Review

People understandably get excited about new digital technologies, whether it’s the digital camera that is cheaper than developing rolls upon rolls of film, or the photo-sharing apps that – in turn — make your iPhone camera easier to use than your old digital camera. New technology is so much fun that it can be easy to forget that new business models are what drive industries forward, and that old technology can still be valuable as long as it is paired with a smart strategy.

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How U.S. Army Basic Training Turns Diverse Groups into Teams

Harvard Business Review

We know that diverse teams are more creative and productive than homogenous teams, but how do you get individuals who aren’t alike working together smoothly? As I’ve seen from teaching over 960 recruits as a basic-training company commander in the U.S. Army, people from various backgrounds struggle to discover shared interests during the early stages of team building.

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Using an Algorithm to Figure Out What Luxury Customers Really Want

Harvard Business Review

I met Metis’s mother in Los Angeles in the summer of 2014. We were introduced by a mutual friend. At that time, Metis, named for the Greek goddess of wisdom, was brand new. She is a curated, big data analytics aide-de-camp — not quite at the level of artificial intelligence, but close — and she speaks in a British accent. Her mother, Kyle Richey, and her co-founder, David Richey, are known for helping luxury service businesses — including hotel, retail, fashion, and profe

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The Long-Term Effects of Tracking Employee Behavior

Harvard Business Review

How do you get people to do what they’re supposed to do, particularly when it comes to following standard processes that are essential to getting their job done successfully? And does employee monitoring help or hinder these efforts? These aren’t new questions, as anyone who’s heard of Frederick Taylor can attest. But they’re important ones.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Stop Making CEO Pay a Political Issue

Harvard Business Review

Presidential candidates once campaigned on taxes, government spending, and foreign policy. But more recently, executive compensation has suddenly become a hot topic for winning the public’s approval. In the U.S., Donald Trump has called high CEO pay “a total and complete joke” and “disgraceful,” arguing that CEOs stack boards with their buddies who rubber-stamp excessive pay.

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